FIVE Canberra public schools remain in remote learning due to staff shortages related to COVID-19 and flu outbreaks.

The Margaret Hendry School, Macgregor Primary School, Kingsford Smith School, Lanyon High School and Namadgi School have cohorts learning from home as sickness continues to affect staff.

Lanyon High School and Namadgi School year 9 and 10 students will be learning remotely until June 10, as will year 7 and 8 students at Kingsford Smith School.

Kindergarten, year 1 and 2 students at The Margaret Hendry School will have their last day of remote learning tomorrow (June 7) while students at Macgregor Primary School will be back in the classroom on June 8.

In the ACT, an average of 109 teachers were on COVID leave per day in Term 1 this year, compared to an average of four in the same term last year – a 2,625 per cent increase.